tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post1726650069984828005..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Saudi Arabia cannot pay its workers or bills – yet continues to fund a war in YemenDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90361674930841951712016-09-11T11:46:45.890-04:002016-09-11T11:46:45.890-04:00.
Indian and Pakistani embassies approached the S....<br /><br /><i>Indian and Pakistani embassies approached the Saudi government, pleading that their workers should be paid. <b>Economists who adopt the same lickspittle attitude towards the Saudi monarchy as the British Government, constantly point out that the authorities have been overwhelmed by the collapse of oil prices.</b></i><br /><br />That's like the guy who killed his parents begging for mercy because he is now an orphan.<br /><br />The Saudis single-handedly caused the drop in oil prices and they are the main reason they stay low.<br /><br />And the main reason they did it was to screw the US and other Western nations and cut competition. They would rather go broke than give up even a piece of their dominance in the industry.<br /><br />They are the biggest promoter of terror in the world. They have been spreading their Salafi brand of extreme Islamism throughout the world for decades. Spending tens of billions annually building masques and madrasses and providing millions of copies of edited and annotated copies of the Koran stressing the extreme views of Wahabism and jihad.<br /><br />Despite the fact that SA has been running deficits for a couple years, they pledged $200 million in aid to the EU countries taking in ME refugees, not for food or medical supplies but for building mosques and madrasses like the 200 mosques they indicated they would be building in Germany.<br /><br />They also use their money as a hammer. A UN human rights organization was going to cite SA for human rights violations this year and put them on a list of violators. SA threatened to pull all funding for the UN group if it went through with it's plan. The UN caved and SA wasn't added to the list. The US backed the Saudis.<br /><br />Our support for Saudi Arabia is another reason the US is disliked in the ME.<br /><br />Not only won't the Saudis pay or feed the tens of thousands of foreign workers they won't let them leave the country. Basically, they treat them like slaves. The reason is simple. The Saudis need them. SA is a giant welfare state. That's how they control their population. The problem is that the their programs aren't keeping up. Poverty is a growing problem. Unemployment is spreading especially among the young. In 1970, the were 6 million Saudis. Today there are 28 million with only 16 million of them Saudi citizens. The rest are foreign workers. Saudi Arabia is a powder keg ready to explode.<br /><br />The Sauds are dicks.<br /><br />And one of our 'key' allies.<br /><br />What more can you say?<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-85681781984076616922016-09-11T08:37:55.573-04:002016-09-11T08:37:55.573-04:00The Faustian bargain for fuel.The Faustian bargain for fuel.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41717534498038724272016-09-11T08:33:35.467-04:002016-09-11T08:33:35.467-04:00We really waltzed the putrid with Saudi Arabia. As...We really waltzed the putrid with Saudi Arabia. As disgusting the relationship in the past and present, can we imagine what happens when it breaks?Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-29195712972411250442016-09-11T07:27:55.345-04:002016-09-11T07:27:55.345-04:00All in all, a dodgy scenario in our beloved monarc...<i>All in all, a dodgy scenario in our beloved monarchy-dictatorship, whose war against the Shia Houthis – and the Shia Hezbollah, the Shia/Alawite regime in Damascus and Iran – is unending. Wasn’t there an equally dodgy Al-Yamamah arms deal with the Saudis a few years ago? No cash flow problems then. And what does “yamamah” mean in Arabic? “Dove”? Let us go no further.</i> ROBERT FISKDeuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63855665605279764062016-09-11T07:19:11.989-04:002016-09-11T07:19:11.989-04:00Both Lady Deplorable and The Donald are expected t...Both Lady Deplorable and The Donald are expected to be at the same memorial service today, I think in NYC.<br /><br />Neither is expected to speak.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60256943234818530442016-09-11T07:13:51.895-04:002016-09-11T07:13:51.895-04:00The Saudis have donated too much money to The Clin...The Saudis have donated too much money to The Clinton Foundation, leaving them a little short to pay some less pressing bills.Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337923317977922025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86494584154095408912016-09-11T07:07:10.493-04:002016-09-11T07:07:10.493-04:0015 years after 9/11, Philly airport workers rememb...15 years after 9/11, Philly airport workers remember<br /><br />http://www.phillyvoice.com/15-years-after-911-philly-airport-workers-remember/Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.com